desquamation

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It takes the average skin cell 28 days to cycle from creation to desquamation.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2022

The dead skin cells there should shed in a process called desquamation, but it is slowed by a number of factors: hormone fluctuations, sun exposure, vitamin deficiencies and aging.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2018

With some of them, however, the throat only became affected and no desquamation took place, whilst the character of the complaint with the rest was rather mild.

From Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms by Munde, Charles

When the patient is fully convalescent and all desquamation has ceased, cleanse him thoroughly with a warm bath and soap for four successive days.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

When on the decline, they are of a pale red or copper colour, not scaly, as in syphilis, but papular; disappearing and recurring repeatedly, and ending in desquamation.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin